Books Quote by Bernice L. McFadden

Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for…

— Clarence Major

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a…

— Michelle Singletary

As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Shout out to all the Black writers who push the world forward by sharing the stories, lives, history, imaginations and magic of black culture.…

— Blitberry

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live…

— Anonymous

My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.

— Langston Hughes

“So much was lost—names, faces, ages, ethnic identities—that African Americans must do what no other ethnic group writ large must do: take a completely…

— Michael W. Twitty

“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know that blacks…

— Endesha Ida Mae Holland

“I delved especially into black writers. Their analogies were relevant to my own experiences, and I understood them better for that.”

— Tepilit Ole Saitoti

“Are you kidding me?' Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga style on the floor. 'You can't write an honest novel…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a…

— Werner Sollors

“Throughout my life as I’ve sought to become a published writer of speculative fiction, my strongest detractors and discouragers have been other African Americans.…

— N.K. Jemisin